Four years after being called a "pervert" in national media following a viral post, Delhi's 28-year-old Saravjeet Singh has reportedly been acquitted of all charges.
According to a report by The Print, the judgement in the case suggests that the “testimony of the complainant is not trustworthy and casts doubt on the case of the prosecution”.
What Was the Case About?
In August 2015, Jasleen, then a student at New Delhi’s St Stephen’s College, wrote a Facebook post with a picture of Saravjeet, alleging that she had been verbally abused and harassed by him on the streets of Tilak Nagar in West Delhi.
Taking cognisance of Jasleen’s post, the Delhi police had registered a case against Saravjeet and arrested him.
In an earlier article, The Print had reported that the complainant Kaur did not attend even a single hearing in the matter and moved to Canada for her studies soon after the incident.
The Media Trial
Following the event, news channels referred to him as "pervert" and “Delhi ka darinda” (Delhi’s demon).
Referring to senior journalist Arnab Goswami, who was the then editor-in-chief of news channel Times Now, Singh told The Print, "Mr Arnab should apologise. He called me a pervert in front of the world but now the court has acquitted me. He crushed my image, so he should now restore it."
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